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• Blog / MIT Life

  Gendered language y/n?

  

  was interesting enough to share and discuss. See here: (sorry for the ... in the mainstream, so for a department at one of the world’s most ... gendered words to refer to people for a very very long time, and it’s just

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • August 30, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Book Festival #3 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  Antiquarian Book Fair, and flyers for future Boston adventures. Then we headed to the Church of the Covenant for a Fiction Keynote. One of my favorite ... lead the Keynote. Messud is famous for her New York Times-bestselling The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 14, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Less Than Perfect Bottle Rockets, Crossword Puzzles, and Half-Marathons

  

  over Briggs Field and miraculously stayed airborne for over 6 seconds. Unfortunately, I was crouched on the grass for the majority of the 6 seconds (I ... lab. GEL stands for the Gordon Engineering Leadership program, and it is

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Updated MIT Groceries Guide (guest post) A requiem for Stata.

  

  On the floor where I lived last year, Elaine L. '18 was known for ... mourning the loss of the Stata produce market for the past few months ... Foods as being too expensive for college students. However, you can shop

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 4, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Syllabus in Retrospect goals, guidelines, reading list

  

  made a "syllabus" for my summer. I gave myself goals and intentions ... Every Day lift or run practice handstands write something not for yourself ... for a workshop hosted by the Urban Metabolism Group, within which I have

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Complementary Post Canvas, balance, lanterns.

  

  , and sat by the Charles River with a group of forty-odd students for a ... student--that's what the memorial was for. Caroline assembled lanterns to ... going into any specific detail, I'll say that this year has, for me

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy Belated Hearts Day copy/paste irl, afk and everything

  

  precious I’ve stripped away hobbies and for-fun activities and learned what I ... reestablish some continuity of self—to read, to go for walks, to look people in ... missing—skiing and then пельмени for dinner, forests and rivers and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Snowmageddon Infinite amounts of pancakes, international adventures and poutine, and icy apocalypse preparation

  

  meanings for IAP: 1. Infinite Amounts of Pancakes My friends Jamal E. '14 and Andrea H. '18 have been planning a pancake-eating contest for weeks to ... was there for eggs, toast, and emotional support. We ended up

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  ’t say for sure when the Plague started, but I remember clearly the day it ... emails to professors: “I have been ill for quite some time now, and it is incredibly difficult for me to complete my work.” Then I’d solve a problem or

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  this image for a while -- I'm a huge knitter, and this was my desktop background for most of my junior year. I'd had my eye on the closet door it's painted on for a while, too: earlier in my senior year I'd stripped a off

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  reschedule all 4th of July festivities for last night as a precautionary ... Charles. As for me, a group of people who normally live in B Entry packed ... here for the next month or so if you’re curious. After that, we

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 4 Finishing Exams and The Future!

  

  Interstellar Hello everyone, sorry for the three week delay on the latest list ... , space flight, modular apartments and more! (Hover over titles for actual ... extensions for the purpose of added worker efficiency. Could you imagine how

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... ago, so perhaps you might be curious as to how different life is for me now... Some things are definitely the same - for instance, I wrote this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  cancelled and rescheduled for a full 2 days later. Arriving late to my job ... somehow fell asleep while sitting at the gate... for exactly the 40 minutes it took for my plane to arrive, board, depart, and probably get to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  diversify your food groups, and for when this fails take your vitamins. Step 2 ... as your mother would like and for those of us who have an indifference for all things green, there are Vitamins. While Step 1 has definitely

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  different things on campus. But having been here for a year, you realize that ... thought you'd like are actually quite likeable. For that reason, keep an ... yourself either! By this I mean, make time for yourself. Whether it's an hour

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  I have SMASHING news!

  

  docked the commvee for some petrol while the kids fetch a cuppa and some ... : the people of Pi, and the people of Tau.     For many ... ; “People of Beaveria!” said Schmillius, “It is time for us to cease this

  • by Sir Nigel Blogberry
  • March 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  class are working with the Rickshaw Bank, a project of the Center for ... important being its cuisine! (And for those of you who know me, it should be ... Assam – it’s famous for its tea and it’s home to the hottest pepper in the

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  for most people, they go through a rotation as the year goes round and temperatures and conditions rise and fall. For me, summer and fall mean rock ... sheet deep enough for you to support yourself on, and kicking spikes on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

    Did you know the soda can top (or "pop" can for those of you ... 'm averaging 12hrs a day in lab with at least another 4 spent on work for that ... understand firsthand while exploring the mechanism for my 2.009 project (whose

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011